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Displace + Ardent Elementalist + Great Whale

U manaR mana
Displace
Displace
Ardent Elementalist
Ardent Elementalist
Great Whale
Great Whale
Infinite creature LTBInfinite creature ETBInfinite storm countInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite magecraft triggersInfinite blinkingInfinite landfall triggersInfinite untap of lands you control

How it works

  1. Activate up to seven lands by tapping them, adding at least 2U mana.
  2. Cast Displace by paying 2U mana, blinking Ardent Elementalist and Great Whale
  3. When Ardent Elementalist and Great Whale enter the battlefield, their abilities trigger.
  4. Resolve the Ardent Elementalist trigger, returning Displace from your graveyard to your hand.
  5. Resolve the Great Whale trigger, untapping up to seven lands.
  6. Repeat.

This loop turns a simple blink spell into an infinite engine by leveraging enter-the-battlefield triggers for both mana generation and resource recycling. Each iteration of Displace resets the board for your other pieces: Great Whale uses its massive untap ability to foot the bill for the spell while leaving a profit of lands behind, and Ardent Elementalist quietly dips into your graveyard to fish the exact same Displace right back to your hand. Because you are constantly flickering both creatures at once, the net result is an endless cascade of mana, triggers, and recursion that can easily overwhelm an opponent.

Legal in:CommanderLegacyOathbreakerVintage
24 decks$24.94